PPP Promises Not To Leave PDIP Even Though Sandiaga Uno Fails To Become Ganjar's Vice President Candidate

Chairman of Bappilu PPP Sandiaga Uno/PHOTO via Instagram @sandiuno

PPP claims it has no intention of leaving the PDI-P (PDIP) even though the Chairman of Bappilu PPP Sandiaga Uno was not elected as vice presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo.

"Until now, PPP has not thought about leaving political cooperation with the PDI-P, which has appointed Mr. Ganjar," said PPP DPP spokesman Achmad Baidowi, Tuesday, August 15.

This, said the man who is familiarly called Awiek, is to emphasize the attitude of PPP as decided by Rapimnas V who supports Ganjar Pranowo as a presidential candidate (candidate). Meanwhile, the decision of Rapimnas VI recommended Sandiaga Uno as Ganjar's vice presidential candidate.

But the chairman of the PPP DPP explained that the two decisions were different. According to Awiek, PPP support will not change just because Sandi cannot become Ganjar's vice presidential candidate.

"So there are two different things. It doesn't mean that we just change, there is a mechanism. Rapimnas' decision can only be disallowed by Rapimnas. Until now there has been no agenda for holding Rapimnas, so we remain focused on winning Mr. Ganjar," said Awiek.

Previously, PDIP DPP chairman Ahmad Basarah said that his party had no problem with PPP leaving the coalition if he insisted on encouraging Sandiaga Uno to become a vice presidential candidate to accompany Ganjar Pranowo in the 2024 presidential election. According to Basarah, the coalition that was built by PDIP was based on volunteerism, not on coercion.

"Please, again for the PDI-P, political cooperation basically has to be voluntary. There must be no coercion, let alone threats, and so on," said Basarah, Monday, August 14.

Basarah hopes that the party supporting Ganjar Pranowo will be patient about the name of the vice president. According to him, all the names of the candidates who will appear to the public or who have not yet appeared, have the same opportunities, including the name Sandiaga Uno.

Apart from Sandiaga Uno, other names included in the stock exchange for Ganjar's vice presidential candidate were Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, Gus Dur's daughter, Yenny Wahid, former TNI Commander General (Ret.) Andika Perkasa, and SOE Minister Erick Thohir.

"I think their probability to become Mr. Ganjar's vice presidential candidate is quite high, we will wait for the end of the registration limit for the vice presidential candidate that has been regulated by the KPU, we will see how the formation of the political party grouping, and the formation of the vice presidential candidate," he said.